New laboratory techniques have allowed scientists to monitor, measure, and manipulate matter at the nanoscale level. Los Alamos is a leader in nanoscience and nanotechnology, developing some of the very theories and tools that have made the current revolution possible. Researchers have developed reusable nanosponges, polymer-based material with nanometersized pores that can absorb and trap organic contaminants in water.
New laboratory techniques have allowed scientists to monitor, measure, and manipulate matter at the nanoscale level. Los Alamos is a leader in nanoscience and nanotechnology, developing some…